Sedgwick County Zoo animals play with Christmas gifts Saturday during the zoo’s Season’s Treatings event. Several of the animals are given gifts of food wrapped in traditional Christmas packaging. (Video by Brian Hayes / kansas.com) McClatchybrader@wichitaeagle.com

Sedgwick County Zoo animals play with Christmas gifts Saturday during the zoo’s Season’s Treatings event. Several of the animals are given gifts of food wrapped in traditional Christmas packaging. (Video by Brian Hayes / kansas.com) McClatchybrader@wichitaeagle.com

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Victorian Christmas at Cowtown

6-9 p.m. Fri.-Sat., Old Cowtown Museum, 1865 W. Museum Blvd.

One of Wichita’s signature Christmas events, Victorian Christmas at Cowtown is now in its 42nd year. Even in the cold, there is plenty of magic to be found at Cowtown as costumed characters interpret Christmas in the Victorian era. The museum streets will be lamp-lit and carolers will perform holiday classics. In the one-room schoolhouse, storytellers will regale listeners with “The Night Before Christmas.” Bundle up for the cold weather, buy some hot cocoa, and take a trip to Santa’s workshop, set up to look like the North Pole.

Kansas Dance Festival

Love contemporary dance? If so, this event – which features some of the best dancers from Wichita State, Butler Community College, University of Missouri-Kansas City, and the University of Central Oklahoma – is for you. Featuring contemporary choreography in ballet, modern and jazz.

Grand opening of ‘Design Build Fly’

10 a.m. Sat., Exploration Place, 300 N. McLean Blvd.

Exploration Place’s new, permanent aviation-themed exhibit, “Design Build Fly” opens Saturday, a project years – and millions of dollars – in the making. It features about 50 interactives that let kids virtually paint an airplane, pilot a drone, test the landing gear and spot defects on airplane wings. The 5,100-square-foot exhibit resembles a factory floor with unfinished airplane parts hanging around and was built as a tribute to the city’s aviation industry and its workers. It’s included in the regular museum admission.

Holiday Enrichment at the zoo

10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sat., Sedgwick County Zoo, 5555 W. Zoo Blvd.

If you remember the old Season’s Treating event at the Sedgwick County Zoo, this is fairly similar – albeit with a more cumbersome name. Zoo animals will be fed holiday-themed snacks in the morning on Saturday. Included in regular admission.

FREE: Tuba Christmas

noon-1 p.m. Sat., Old Town Square, Second and Mead

If you love Christmas carols – and tubas – this is the event for you. This Saturday afternoon, Vibrant ICT is hosting an event featuring Christmas carols played exclusively on the tuba. It’s part of a project that features free concerts and events in the Wichita area. After the music, shop, dine, and explore what downtown Wichita has to offer.

FREE: Carriage Rides in the Park

5-8 p.m. Sat., Derby High Park, 2801 E. James, Derby.

If you’re in search of free Saturday-night entertainment, this is the event for you. Derby is hosting Carriage Rides in the Park, featuring – you guessed it – Clydesdale-drawn carriage rides, as well as live reindeer, a petting zoo, hot chocolate and sugar cookies.

Free.

Cirque de la Symphonie

8 p.m. Sat., 3 p.m. Sun., Century II, 225 W. Douglas

How about this for a unique symphony show? The Wichita Symphony Orchestra and seven aerialists, contortionists, acrobats, strongmen and jugglers are teaming up for a holiday-themed concert, Cirque de la Symphonie, this weekend.

The mayor's tree lighting, a visit from Santa, Lights on the River and fireworks all welcomed in the holiday season. (Video by Kelsey Ryan / The Wichita Eagle / Dec. 4, 2016) McClatchykryan@wichitaeagle.com